CM Punk

Coming out of Monday Night Raw, CM Punk is now the number one contender for the WWE Championship.
After the match, he made the announcement that is contract expires the day after he has his title match and that he will be leaving the WWE.

Now, I have heard reports that his contract doesn't expire until September, but that he is still looking to leave for quite a bit of time.
Whether it's all bullshit, or the truth I know that every career has to come to an end at some point and I just wanted to talk a little about a guy who I proudly call my hero.

This day and age, there's not a lot of people who are in the public eye so often that aren't afraid to be themselves.

No matter what the consequences are for their words or actions, standing by ones own beliefs no matter what is just so rare, it seems.

I'm not going to give you a whole back story on the career of a man who is proud of who he is, and speaks is mind more often than a lot of people.

I'm just going to tell you why I view him as a hero and my own tie in as a huge fan.

I have been a huge fan of Punk for about 5 years now.
I was familiar with his name, but really got exposed to him when he made his way to WWE TV on ECW.

As a guy with tattoos myself, his caught my eye right away. Then, seeing his athleticism in the ring made me respect his work ethic. But too many of these guys try to be the brown nosing type who says what the audience and fans want to hear. Not Punk. Just look at his twitter feed @CMPunk. The guy is a straight shooter who will rip on people when its justifiable, not in a bully fashion.

I love it! It reminds me of myself, as anyone who works along side me at my place of employment (they don't deserve the plug) will tell you that I can be an outspoken, mouthy jerk most times. Everything I say has reason behind it, much like Punk.

When you first get a look at the guy and hear his name, most people would think "druggy". He has said that himself, but he is straight edge. No Drugs, no alcohol, no smoking. This is a lifestyle he is proud of and it has actually helped me.

Keep in mind I have the odd beer at a wedding or so, but I hit a dark, downward spiral time, and I paid for it dearly. The past is the past though, and it was CM Punk and his straightedge, hard working way that lead me away from where I was, to where I'm at. Just think, with cutting out the constant binge drinking and taking on a more active, clean lifestyle I was able to drop from 215 pounds, to now 173 pounds.
I will always praise CM Punk as a huge influence in my life and reason for getting on the cleaner, healthier path.

And although somewhere down the road, if the only time he acknowledges me is a tweet calling me dumdum or telling me to fuck off, I will always be a fan and I will say "my hero, CM Punk told me to fuck off. That is fucking awesome."

                                                      Thank you, CM Punk.

Pick up The Best of CM Punk DVD online, you can get it at highspots.com. It's a must have for any Punk fan, or any fan of just great wrestling.

I could post a video of any great matches of his, there's so many to choose from. Instead here's a flashback to when he won his first World Heavyweight Championship. I still get goosebumps.



If you have any Punk stories you want to share or just say why you're a fan of his or not, drop me a line down below, or on twitter @bradfordml

Until next time, keep it rockin'

Be a Star, Vince.

WWE is heavily running ads for their Be A Star, anti-bullying campaign. Even their latest WWE Studios release, That's What I Am is about tolerance.

As a guy who was bullied in his younger days, I am behind it 100% I am totally against bullying and it's not fair that so many kids are terrified to go to school because of it. It needs to stop.

Obviously with the many characters and story lines in WWE, there of course will be the bullies doing their thing, such as the Bella Twins calling Kharma fat and saying a bunch of asshole-ish things.



Two things I want to touch on about this video. The first is at the end where Jerry Lawler was disgusted by what they said to Kharma. Good on Jerry, he's a babyface and should not tolerate that kind of stuff, right?





Now riddle me this. How good is it for two guys who kids watch every week and are fans of and cheer for to make fat jokes like that? Doesn't that go against the whole anti-bullying thing?

Going back to the first video. In Kharma's speech, she mentioned that Jim Ross said she wouldn't be a diva because she is too fat.

JR cleared this up and Kharma has stood up for him via twitter, since there was a lot of hateful tweets sent to Mr. Ross about "calling her fat"

That line was obviously fed to her and one of the bullet points she had to hit. Why? So Jim Ross would deal with all the negative comments that he got.

It's no secret that Vince McMahon gets his jollies from publicly mocking and humiliating Jim Ross.
Just go back through the past few months and look at any segment JR was involved in.

Good on WWE for promoting anti-bullying. I hope it make's positive changes all over the place.
It's just ironic that the biggest bully is the man who calls all the shots.

Lead by example Vince and Be A Star

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